Rocket (Rocket) Scottish slang for crazy. Ronan is a rocket.
LEERY-LOONIE, n. comb. A lunatic, a mentally-deranged person.
mental - Insane, wild (that party last night was pure mental.)
Evil(l, Ewil(l, a. Also: evile, evyl, eivil, eivell; ewile, ewyll, ewell; ivill, ivyle, iwyll, ywill.
Sprag is not dissimilar - meaning a person with an "arrogant, swaggering manner; a boaster, a braggart". There is also bowfing, which means foul-smelling - and fantoosh, meaning fancy, showy or flashy.
The Scottish Gaelic term fuath has been explained to mean 'hatred' or 'aversion', derived from Old Irish fúath 'hate, likeness'.
New Word Suggestion. Scottish, slang (noun): a foolish person, one who has committed an act of stupidity.
Dreich. Meaning dreary, gloomy, bleak, miserable, grey, depressing, devoid of sunshine… you get the picture! The mothership of all Scottish weather words and used more times that cans of Irn-Bru are opened, it's no shocker that 'dreich' was voted by Scots as the nation's most favourite word in a government poll.
adjective. 1. chiefly Scotland : knowing, witty. chiefly Scotland : well-dressed : trim.
Perhaps the most famous Scottish sayings of all time is “Auld Lang Syne”. This was made famous by Robert Burns' song, sang globally at New Year. The translation can be taken as “old long since” or “old long ago” meaning “days gone by” and when sung at New Years really means “let's drink to days gone by”.
“Och aye the noo!”
This is one of those Scottish phrases that can be heard in countless parodies aimed at poking fun at the Scots' dialect and accent. Its direct English translation is “Oh yes, just now”.
Bawbag, n.
The scrotum. 2. An ignorant, obnoxious, or otherwise debatable person. Often as a disparaging form of address.
Carnaptious, our Scottish word of the day, is most often used to describe someone ill-tempered and grumpy; most likely on the warpath and looking for a fight for very little, if any reason.
The official entry for "cream puff" in the dictionary reads: "Scottish colloquial (chiefly Glasgow). A state of petty annoyance, esp. in the cream puff. huff."
Tha gaol agam ort (I love you)
In the Dictionary of the Scots Language gawsie is used to describe people and their features in a positive way: “Of persons: plump, fresh-complexioned and jovial-looking; handsome, of stately or imposing appearance, portly”.
Meaning: Baby, Small child. Example: 'Aw, look et the bonnie wee bairn' Translation: 'Aw, look at the beautiful little baby'
cack, kach, keech: excrement.
NUMPTY n. a foolish person. Numpty was included in the 2005 Supplement to the Dictionary of the Scots Language with the following definition: “a stupid person, an idiot”.
2. Dinna fash yersel'! To “fash” means to trouble, bother, or annoy. So, “dinna fash” means “don't worry!”
FEARDIE, Feartie, n. A coward, timorous person.
Noun. fanny (countable and uncountable, plural fannies) (Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, vulgar) The female genitalia. [